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Bucs QB Jameis Winston went undrafted through all 40 rounds of the 2015 MLB Draft.

This should end any discussion of Winston pursuing a career in baseball, at least in the near future. Some might cite Russell Wilson spending time with the Rangers during spring training, but Wilson was a fourth-round pick by the Rockies out of high school and then selected by the Rangers in the Rule 5 Draft. Mon, Jun 15, 2015 12:54:00 PM

Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden on Tuesday called QB Jameis Winston "an embarrassment" for the school.

"I think it's a consensus among Florida State fans and boosters that he was an embarrassment, in a lot of ways, to the university," Bowden said. "He won a lot of ball games and was probably one of the best football players that ever attended Florida State but he hurt himself off the field. The good news is he's young enough to get over that." Winston, of course, stayed in state by going No. 1 overall to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. "He just can't make those junior high school decisions he made when he was in college," Bowden said. Tue, May 12, 2015 07:30:00 PM

ESPN's Mel Kiper writes that "when I speak to people in the league, we're both stumped to find a player such as [Jameis] Winston, a No. 1 overall pick, with so many things about him that scare you to death."

The analyst didn't disagree with Tampa Bay's choice, though he doesn't think Winston is an sure thing. Kiper gave the Bucs a "B-" grade. "Donovan Smith was a reach on my board -- Oregon's Jake Fisher was available there -- but he's got a lot of experience and can come in and compete," Kiper wrote. "Will he get better? Big question. Ali Marpet has been a star of 'the process' starting with the Senior Bowl; I think expecting him to start early and play well (as opposed to just playing) is a little optimistic, but the value made sense." Kiper liked Tampa Bay's WRs picks in Kenny Bell and Kaelin Clay. Sun, May 3, 2015 10:13:00 PM

Winston (6'4/231) was a dominant college quarterback, earning the Heisman as a redshirt freshman in 2013 and leading Florida State to back-to-back BCS title game berths. Finishing his career with a 65:28 TD-to-INT ratio and sterling 66.0 completion rate, Winston consistently made the likes of Rashad Greene and Nick O'Leary look far better than they really were. While a sub-par athlete, Winston is an old-school pocket quarterback with a naturally anticipatory and aggressive passing mindset that too often resulted in interceptions in 2014, exacerbated by a poor supporting cast. Purely from a tools standpoint, Winston projects somewhere in between Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger. In Tampa Bay, he's set up for early-career success surrounded by Mike Evans, Vincent Jackson, and Austin Seferian-Jenkins in OC Dirk Koetter's vertical-passing attack. Thu, Apr 30, 2015 08:15:00 PM